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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

An enterprising but misguided individual,
started a paper a month ago at Spokane
Falls and bestowed upon it the euphonious
title OF 1.-THE Chinook" and like that balmy
breeze from the Pacific. the lack of public
patronage 500 dissolved it. Then the pro-
prietor proceeded in the last issue to blast
the budding promise of the Falls city. This
was too stupendous a piece of spite work
for his undertaking. His paper has passed
in it's checks, and those Of the proprietor
have probably gone to protest, while the
town is continuing on in it's career Of de.
served prosperity. The fact is, and it was
self-evident to everybody but the proprie-
tor, that Spokane Falls has the field full of
good papers, chief OF which is the Morning
Review, and it was stupid folly for any
body to try and force the field.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

Of this Territory should be advertised
abroad and capital and population invited
to the Territory, thus facilitating early
development and statehood. Dakota made
such provisions years ago and has been
greatly benefited by it. It will tend to
the earlier establishment of q State in
Montana and thereby confer upon the
people the right Of local seli~-sovernment,
without which Montana's advancement
will be greatly hampered in the future, as
it has been in the past. The advantages
to be gained by such q bureau az Mr.. Col.
Inns bill provides for are many and varied.
We trust that the legislature will not
carry out tho proposed plan Of taxing
street cars SO each per quarter.
street car service in Butte and Helena will
not warrant that much license for some
time to come. II in the future they shall
be found to be paying properties, as well as
q great public convenience, then the cues.
ton of levyipg municipal tribute upon
them will be debatable, and action may
be taken on the basis Of equity. The
6Cf6eC fdllTOdUo u Uu6 OWo pIAuCJP0i CAoAec
Of the Territory will have hard lines at
the best, and we should do everything
We can to encourage their building, equip
ment and maintenance.
-
Our esteemed contemporary, the Helena
Independent, s~trenuously objects to Mr..
Toole's reapportionment bill on the TN
tenable theory that it favors the West
Side. We incline to the belief that our
esteemed evening contemporary, the Inter
Mountain, is correct IN it's conclusion
drawn in the following pointed paragraph:
1.-THE main reason for the Helena papers OPP
position to the measure seems to be that the West
Side will get eleven members while the East
Side will get thirteen and that Silver Bow county
will have q larger delegation than Lewis and
Clarke"
OF course, we are separated from our
dear friends of the Territory on the other
side OF the Mullan tunnel, but We are all
good neighbors and can come to an under
standing on the representation question on
equitable basis.
Will the Independent please offer it's
amendment to Mr.. To0le's bill and we will
discuss the proposed legislation on it's own
Until then we shall regard Mr..
bill as fair and equitable.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

As The MINER predicted the other day,
when the Baltimore & Ohio Express Com.
pany was transferred to the United States
Express Company, and as our telegram
yesterday proved, the Western Union Sc.
cures control of tne B. & o. telegraph plant
andfranchises. But as the Postal company
reaches nearly all of the points that pay
revenue, which the B. & o. reaches, we fail
to see that the service will be very benefi-
cial to the Gould monopoly. Yet, it indi-
Gates the purpose of the Western Union
magnate to have things as nearly his own
way as possible, his policy being to buy out
the opposition wherever he can W. o.
stock will soon undergo the process Of irri-
CATION again, to meet the obligations grow
ing out of this deal. But that ia some
thing for Gould to settle with the minority
stockholders.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

Mrs. Susanna Medora Salter. Of Argona,
Kansas, has q variety OF duties to perform
which would paralyze most women. She is
Mayor OF the town and keeps house for her
humble husband and four children. She
she has governed the municipality 30
far without an arrest, using moral suasion
and matronly influence to preserve the
peace Of the town. Since her election she
has secured the payment OF the municipal
debt-and we trust the family grocery bill
as we'll. Her moral suasion has been such
that all family men go home at early can
die lighting and walk the floor with the
baby; the roller Kinks have been closed up
and the young girls assist their mammas in
washing the dishes and the young men have
almost forgotten the value Of four aces in
the game of draw. Swinging over the garden
gate will now be made q capital ~offense.
and the moral wave will have performed its
perfect work. So much has been accom-
plisbed in the great g~rasshopper State by
the benign influence of q bewitching woman
with four babes and the baton OF Mayor
atty authority. Blessed be woman in the
sphere of official life.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
Family Wrangles.

on Saturday evening a man named Oliver
vent to Judge Dingevon and complained Of
having been assaulted by his wife from
whom ne wanted a divorce. The Judge
was lndlsposed to interfere in what seemed
ne brought any witnesses of the affa;r ha
YOU'D give him a warrant against his wife
ooplng that he would 20 awaT
ina not return. But he cams
oack with the necessary ev;Senae
and the Judge issued a war;, NJ ,I N"u
sauit and battery, upon which Mrs. Ol;ver
w;th I IRE and taken to the County jail
E,,h ner child; It is alleged that the counla
~ WIZ, ms IN SAT- Lake, and that Oliver left lis
"'s tnere and came up here. The tronhie
complained of by Oliver to Judge Di rnuo,e
W. wa, - IN t his wife was pawning articles ont
o! en- house, and when he wanted to sn ~.
s sau seaf him th and s she abused him and as.
come in the house. The case v;m III n,m 20
by the Judge TODAY. y" % ad'
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

One of the principal factors in the Terri
torial economy just now is the nimble
little ground squirrel, who, when he
wrinkles his heels as he performs the
summersault act under the surface thinks
more of the snare set for him than he does
of the doings of the special session. While
the West Siders who work under ground
are opposed to putting a premium on his
terrestrial career. the agricultural element
OF the East Side wouli have the Terri
torial pay tribute for his extermina-
ton. If the law as it is shall be continued
in force, we would recommend q supple
mental act which shall fix a limited season
for scalping the squirrel, that the species
may he propogated and gopher
hunting be recognized as n Of the estab-
lished industries of the Territory.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
UPON STREET CROSSINGS
RATES TO GRAND ARMY REUNION.
No Extension of Time Reyond October
81 to be Had Over the Northern Pa

No Extension of Time Reyond October
81 to be Had Over the Northern Pa
ciic.
Agent McCaig was yesterday in receipt
of a circular from the General Ticket and
Passenger Department of the Northern
Pacific Railroad at st. Paul in reference to
Grand Army excursion rates to st. Louis.
From Butte City the rate is $5S. SO. on
sale the 21st, 22d and 23d instant, which
is good to 60 and return over the same
route, and the ticket issued here contains
an exchange order on one OF the lines lead.
ing from St. Paul to st. Louis and return
The following are The provisions in regard
to limit: 1.-THE ticket issued in exchange
from St. Paul or Minneapolis and return
will be good going only from September
"a to September % inclusive; and for re.
turn to St. Paul or Minneapolis only from
Septembor 81 to October & inclusive. The
time, however, will be extended by Joint
Agent OF st. Louis terminal lines at Expo
sition Building, st. Louis, to admit of con-
tinuous return passage from that point to
st. Paul or Minneapolis until October 81.
RETURN TICKET
from st. Paul or Minneapolis to destina-
ton will be good only from September 20
to October 10, inclusive. but will be ex-
tended to October 81 on application of
original purchaser to the undersigned, in
person, any time from October 5 to rs in
elusive for continuous passage to destina.
tion-but not later than October 81 1897
The undersigned alluded to are j. M. Han
naford, George 8. Marsh and Charles 8.
Fee. all Of St. Paul. This is de6uitive and
settles the fact that the greatest extension
OF the tickets issued for this excursion will
not exceed October 81. 1t is possible, how
ever. that an arrangement may be entered
into that will permit passengers gong over
the Northern Pacific to return by the
Union Pacific without extra charge, the
details of which can be ascertained on ap.
plication to Joint Agent at st. Louis Ex-
position Building.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

The Republican journals of the City of
Mexico are making a loud and unseemlv
noise about the attitude OF the church to
the state, setting up the claim that the
clergy are assuming an attitude to the
state end predicting that there is to be a
st. Bartholomew day in that distracted
country. We are inclined to think that
this is rooback. The day of such re-
ligious bigotry, even in a semi-civi,ized
country, has gone by and cannot be re-
vived in this age Of enlightment. The
Republican press Of Mexico evidently is in
tent upon subscribing some selfish or politi.
cal end. in inaugurating this howl.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
Funeral of John Duncan.

South BUTTE, September 3.-[Written
Tor The Miner 1.-The funeral of John Dun.
can, who met his death at Anaconda
Thursday, took place this afternoon, at
2 O'Clock, from Knights of Labor Hall.
The members of the Brotherhood of Rail.
road Brakemen took charge of the arrange.
ments. The deceased was to have been a
charter member of their lodge, his removal
to Anaconda preventing his attendance IN
the night of initiation. The services were
conducted by Rev. w. E. King. and were
wellattended, every railroad man who could
possibly dc so being present to pay respect
to the dead comrade.
MI. Duncan was a young man, 20 years
OF age, and a native OF Pennsylvania. He
had no relatives here. His
father and two sisters live
in Kansas City, and were notified by wire
OF the young mans death. No instructions
being received from them the BODY was
taken charge of by his friends and brought
to Butte for interment. Mr.. Duncan was
employed in the Montana Union yards
here previous to his removal to Anaconda.
about six weeks ago. He was sober and
industrious and we'll esteemed among rail.
readers here as a sterling good man, and
his sudden death is q matter of profound
regret.
A S~UGGESTION.
The manner in which he was killed has
beer written of in your columns before. |
Much feeling has been expressed among his
friends here, concerning the legality of con
structing bridges over railroad tracks an
as to be certain death traps to train. !
men: In the Eastern States there is a law
requiring all bridges: and DISTINCTIONS
over railroad lines to be seventeen I71 |
feet above the rail. The height of the hioh..
est box car is ten feet above the rail, which
wooia leave ample room for a man to
stand erect on top Of the car with safety,
The bridge at Anaconda, which was the
cause OF Mr.. Duncan's death. was only four
Feet three inches above the car.
such a law as the one above referred to
would be a good one to have in vogue in
our Territory. Railroad men carry the;r
ives in their hands and it is but Justice
hat the Legislature should throw about
them every safeguard in their power.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

-...h.d nv Andrews with his little bill
p.,d . nolite but firm request Tor settlennene
sau i 40 it is stated, refused paymens'
vhsn NJ. Andrews limited that IL wa =
man's duty to be just before ne ,s ss horsst
in other words, dl.charge 1.s ""nds
e ceD tbe trail sisterhood. This ~impllcat,en
TOT Une had q tendency to stimulate MT.
aa~ds' ;ndienation to the boiling point,
s5 ha ~snurned the allegation with
s'n-.me acorn and deied the alligator.
One word led to another and heresult q
tnst M. Sands appeared in q demoralised
onnd;tion before Judge Dingevon demand
inc retr1bution for the outrage on his per.
snn at the hands OF Andrews. The Juose
told him to call round to-day n no
would zee what he could do to help Ill"
~r
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

We had expected that some outraged citi.
zen would appeal to the law or to the shot.
gun to protect himself against having his
picture published in the papers. Fred
Hedde, Of Grand Island, Nebraska, has as.
serted his rights to protect his ~pbysiognomy
from the public gaze. Hedde had no objec-
tions to having his picture adorn the rogues
gallery, but he drew the line on the Times OF
Grand Island. The publishers were placed
under $500 bonds.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
Notes From VAUDEVILLE.

Henry Weisman and party left Friday
for Big Hole, to be gone ten days on a fish.
ing excursion.-It was reported on Satur.
day that Mr.. Annear would reopen the
Palace Hotel, and Nike Holland assume
proprietorshi,, of the American House,
Mining engineers and mining experts visited
the Lexington Friday.-The new minister,
H. P. Clampitt, arrived Wednesday,
Mrs. Charles Koelsch left Thursday for her
home in Nebraska on a short visit.-Mrs.
Joseph Broughton received a telegram on
Saturday, stating that her daughter. Mrs.
Phillips, OF Salt Lake City. was very i'll and
requesting Mr.. and Mrs. Broughton to
come at once. Mr.. Broughton was unable
leave but Mrs. Rroughton left the same
evening.-Fevers are still very prevalent,
Dennis Driscoll is one OF the lat st victims.
Ex-Sheriff Sullivan and his brother Jerry
are very low, also their sister Mrs. Murphy.
Miss B. w. Holland, one OF orr primary
teachers, returned on Saturday from !: five
weeks visit with her sister, MIS-. D r.
Rhinehart, of Dillon.-Mr. Marshall, OF
Wickes, assisted by Eddie Ninnies, has
charge of the drug store and postotice in
the absence Of E. H. Campbell-Mrs. E. j.
Wright and children are ru>ticating at Nc
Cune's camp.-Alfred White, battery feeder
dU GHe dLCe, resigned MS position alO le?G
last Thursday for Washington Territory
D. Pratt is quite enthusiastic over the ar
rival OF a n%ine-pound daughter last Tues
day at his home.--In the gulch northwest
OF Walkerviile, sometimes called "Tincan
Alley almost every family is stricken
with fever. There are not enough frorle
in health to wait on the sick. The sickness
is attributable to the innumerable cans
and filth that predominate.-Mrs. Joseph
Annear returned Wednesday from a pleas
ant visit to their ranch at Camas, Idaho
The Hall-Lalty. Broughton fishing party
returned Thursday with between 500 and
o pounds Of fish and a large number of
grouse and chichens. They deny seeing an
Indian during their entire trip.-The Alice
patients are all able to be out of bed.-A
marine view. painted by Miss Eva Carter
took the first premium at the Helena fair.
-Nr. Illusions pleasant c~ountenance is
again seen on our streets, he having re-
turned from q two weeks trip across the
range.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

A regular old Donnybrook fair occasion
was the meeting at Morris, as described in
our Winnipeg special. When free speech
principles have reached that happy con.
dition that countenances the dismissal oil
a public meeting with a cub a point of ad-
vance has been reached that j~ustifes retro
erosion. However, the parties who called
the meeting there to antagonize a thor
oughly aroused public feeling could but ex-
pect that such a result could but be antici-
mated.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
The Head Of the Family

Sunday. School Teacher-'You seem to
remember what Eve wat told would be the
penalty for her disobedience, but I don't
think you quite understand it. Now, in a
family, who is called the head Of the
house?'
Little Girl The one that does the
bossing."
1.-THE one who directs it's affairs. Now.
who does?"
Mamma"
swell. she directs the servants, but who
sometimes makes her do things abe don't
want to very rnueh?"
II du,h
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
Ihe Montana Rifles Uniforms

~. inform Of the Montana Rifles ve,<
u.l'ooted yesterday afternoon to H.
o. 'n'rty,six. There are ffty.tive
tbem 1 Sr enrolled, and uniforms for al ~,
nished lave ~" neen ordered which will be fur.
the Bonner me re1 Ma those Of Yesterday, through
c %1s neat and plain in appearance I nsy
;us 1 1;nn, which makes much the mos sulsout
No. me on parade. The rousers ons erect
Tha s9an the coats, with bla,a 1'e lighter
,aclngs OF the coat are light hlps s'rlRes.
hs1uUotas and epaulets are Of s;lvas Ia
AMI ,ss,, nave not arrived, but arc ora Inc
= Ss Rifa:s; ~. -. :tsss ii III a Sl1 ! n0 ~;
aaa oassAoeefilhV. WI
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

Even Wall Street wal surprised yesterday
morning at the news OF the close of the B.
q 0. deal and the market took a decidedly
upward tendency at the opening, such
stocks as were strengthened by the deal
advancing from four to five points. The
new deal ends the war between the B. O,
and the Pennsylvania & Reading. They
will pull together row..
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
THE STREET RAILWAY.

Work on tho Roadbed Begun n 20 ~
Actively Prosecuted to Comples'on~
The Street Cars on the Way.
MI. Davis. the representative OF Bennee'
Brothers in South Butte, received q 'e'e'
gram on Friday night at IL O'CLOCK TON
the Helena Street Car Company that 'ne
legislature intended to place q license on
that class OF companies of SO q and
asking him to bring influence to oear On
the Silver Bow members to limit it to q
q quarter on each company. In accord
ance Herewith he telegraphed next day to
the four representatives Of this county at
Helena that such action as proposed would
have the result Of limiting the number OF
cars in use by the companies which would
be q great loss to the citizens. At 8 O'CLOCK
on Saturday afternoon he received q reply
that the amendment had been accepted.
The ties are down on the rOadbed from the
corner OF Nevada and Front street in Soutn
Butte. along Front to Utah street, Oppo'
site Bennett Brothers warehouse; thence
up Utah street to q point near where the
Montana Central crosses the street when 1t
defects to the east until it strikes
THE NEW COUNTY ROAD
over which it runs; thence up Arizona street
to Park. On portions Of this the ties are
not laid nor the road bed cut. Mr.. Davis
said yesterday that this track would be
maintained, and although owners OF the
Paystreak had notified the company that
they would expect damages from them for
running over their claim. This means that
should the County Commissioners abandon
the new county road laid across the Pay
streak claim rather than settle for it with
the owners of that claim, the Street Rail.
road Company would retain their present
track and pay the owners of the claim
what damage they may be awarded on ad.
justment Of the same. The rail to be used
said to be in use now in Portland. and
and which Mr.. Bean, the engineer in
charge of construction asserts, will
supersede the fiat rail in use on
most street car tracks. The ties are sunk
in the road bed, so that the rails when laid
will be level with the surface of the street.
Two-inch plank will be laid outside the rail
it's whole distance.
UPoN STREET CROSSINGS
and in the busy portion of town
three-inch plank will he laid between
the rail, so that the road and
streets will be as level as they are now
when the track is in operation. There will
be hardly any preceptible jar in crossing
the track in vehicles. The width of the
rails apart will be 4 feet 8H inches. In
town the track will keep the centre of the
streets upon which it il laid. Two 12-foot
horse cars have been ordered in New York
and are now ON the way here. They will
suffice for the present, but when the road IN
in full operation in all it's ramifications,
there will be ten in use, including those
running to Meaderville and VAUDEVILLE.
The horse cars will be used until tn cleo
trio system, which the company decided to
use permanently, can be placed in opera
tior. but it will take some time to per-
feet it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

The MINER is authorized I assure the
public that the Alice is running as usual
What gave rise to the rumor that there
was a shut down was the fact that a part
of the mill was closed, but only briefly, and
that for repairs. The mining situation and
outlook for Butte were never better than
now
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
THE LAKE COPPER MINES.


Bat Hs ~rrington, who has just returned
from a visit to Hancock, Michigan, in the
Lake Copper region. says that the
Quincy mine there, which had it's ore chutes
burned down recently, has resumed opera.
tions. Formerly the work of crushing the
ore ready for the mill was done on the
surface, but that now it is entirely
done underground. All the copper pro-
ducers are working at their full capacity.
He says that the extent OF the fire in tho
Calumet and Hecla cannot be determined
as the different drifts, slopes and wines
have been thoroughly bulkheaded. Opera.
tions have been entirely suspended in the
part of the mine where the fire is burning,
while elsewhere the force at work has been
enlarged to the extent of putting on all
the men that can possibly be worked.
The company advises the men thrown out
OF employment by the fire to remain, not
wanting them to leave the district. 1t is
said t~hereabO1ts that the company will
not venture to reopen the workings inside
OF three months, as it will take all OF that
time to smother the fire.
A BIG MINING DEAL.
A strong syndicate, consisting OF Helens
and Butte capitalists, have purchased tho
Poorman and Leland group of minesin
Shoshone County. Idaho, paying therefor,
it is understood, $136. 600. The property
10 OF the first class, and will be worked ons
divide 'd-paying basis. The syndicate con-
sists OF John M. Rurke, for many years asso.
clated with Colonel Cullen and Dennis Ryan
IN Utah, and now superintendent OF to
celebrated Tiger mine. in Idaho; Marcus
DAILY, Patrick Clark, Ben Kingsbure. Man
tie q Warren, H.. L. Frank, DR.. Mussigbrod,
Henry D'Acheul. w. A. and j. K. Clark, W.
+. Gwyn and John Noyes. of this city, and
Messrs. Woolman, Chessman, Gillett and
De Davis, OF Helena. These gentlemen are
receiving the congratulation of their friends
having secured SO fine a property.
LOCAL NOTES.
The boiler at the Big Bonanza sprung a
a Thursday morning, 50 much SO as TO
e%xtlnguish the fires. The shaft commenced
Nil up, but it was expected that by yes
terday evening the repairs would be com
pieted, when a days wo>k OF the pumps
Will reduce the water to it's proper level 80
rs to resume work in the mine.
Work at the Wake Up jim has been sus'
lately, and the force are now ELI
aged in r pairing drifts and putting things
n readiness for hoistis'g ore. Ore bod+'
beyond extent are said to exis'
he mine, but not of rich quality, A draie
9 at present being constructed to ord'
water from the Green Mountain INTO
Jim to be pumped to the surface.
Tit Alice mill shut down for some needed
epairs on the first, and the miners were
ald of on Thursday morning. the ore PINS
II being full. 1t is only for Il day or so'
hen work will be again resumed.
At the Lexington the bullion furnace I.
avlng a thorough o~verhauling and be!s
ut in repair, Of which it stood much Ill
eed.